Word Summary
kathairō: to cleanse
Original Word: καθαίρωTransliteration: kathairō
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ah'-ee-ro)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cleanse
Meaning: to cleanse
Strong's Concordance
purge.
From katharos; to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate -- purge.
see GREEK katharos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2508: καθαίρωκαθαίρω; perfect passive participle
κεκαθαρμενος; (
καθαρός);
to cleanse, properly, from filth, impurity, etc.; trees and vines (from useless shoots),
to prune, John 15:2 (
δένδρα ...
ὑποτεμνομενα καθαίρεται,
Philo de agric. § 2 (cf. de somniis ii. § 9 middle)); metaphorically, from guilt,
to expiate: passive
Hebrews 10:2 R G (see
καθαρίζω, at the beginning) (
Jeremiah 13:27; and so in Greek writings from
Herodotus down). (Compare:
διακαθαίρω,
ἐκκαθαίρω.)